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The Romance of Modern Astronomy

by: Hector Macpherson

Publication date: 2022-06-16

Topics: librivox, audiobooks, stars, astronomy, planets, astronomers, sun, comets, the library of romance series

Language: English

LibriVox recording of The Romance of Modern Astronomy by Hector Macpherson.
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From the series, The Library of Romance, the reader is introduced in this book to the modern astronomy of 1911. The author discusses our solar system, including the planets known at that time, comets, the stars, the origins of the universe, and a few famous astronomers.

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01 - Our Place in the Universe

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02 - Effects of the Earth's Motions

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03 - The Orb of Night

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04 - The Fountain of Light

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05 - The Sun's Family of Worlds

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06 - Mercury, The "Sparkling One"

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07 - The Evening Star

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15 - The Nature of Comets

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16 - The Shooting Stars

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27 - How to Know the Stars

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29 - The Romance of Discovery: The Early Astronomers

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30 - The Romance of Discovery: Galileo and Kepler

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31 - Newton and his Successors

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03 - The Orb of Night

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04 - The Fountain of Light

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05 - The Sun's Family of Worlds

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07 - The Evening Star

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11 - Saturn, the Ringed World

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12 - The Boundaries of the Solar System

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13 - The Sun's Family of Comets

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14 - The Messengers of Space

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15 - The Nature of Comets

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16 - The Shooting Stars

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17 - Eclipses and Transits

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18 - The Suns of Space

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19 - The Revelation of Starlight

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20 - Systems of Stars

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21 - The Motions of the Stars

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22 - The Fire Mist

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23 - The Galaxy

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24 - The Origin of the Universe

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25 - The Romance of the Tides

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26 - Light and its Mysteries

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27 - How to Know the Stars

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28 - Telescopes and Observatories

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29 - The Romance of Discovery: The Early Astronomers

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30 - The Romance of Discovery: Galileo and Kepler

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31 - Newton and his Successors

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32 - The Conquest of the Stars

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33 - A Final Survey

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